How do we get out of the political football field with these major capabilities?
I think that, when it comes to being able to explain why we need fighter jets and an army in a country like Canada, we should all be thinking collectively at both the political level and at the bureaucratic level how we explain this to Canadians. Ultimately, that's when you end up saying, “Well, we don't really need these kinds of capabilities”, and that's not an informed position. It's a kind of political statement that has no basis on real understanding of what the needs are.
I think that we start with what the threats are to Canada both at home and abroad and why any of this matters. I think we could all collectively be doing a much better job of explaining that to Canadians and to our elected officials.